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ICSU World Data System Conference - Global Data for Global Science

The WDS Scientific Committee is pleased to invite WDS Members and interested parties to The First ICSU World Data System Conference: Global Data for Global Science on 3-6 September 2011 to be held in Kyoto. This will be the first international gathering of the WDS community and the perfect occasion to launch this ambitious programme. It will be also a unique opportunity to share common experiences and achievements and promote the importance of data management and long term data stewardship.
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  • Data and information
  • Universality of Science
When Sep 03, 2011 09:00 AM to
Sep 06, 2011 05:00 PM
Where Kyoto, Japan
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The ICSU World Data System (WDS) came officially to existence through a decision of the 29th General Assembly of the International Council for Science (ICSU) in October 2008 guided by the following strategic vision:

"...WDS will support ICSU's mission and objectives, ensuring the long-term stewardship and provision of quality-assessed data and data services to the international science community and other stakeholders."

The WDS has committed to advance the universal and equitable access to scientific data and information and to encourage multidisciplinary science. As you will discover in the programme of this conference, two dedicated sessions-one on: Data Publication (S7) and another on Data Intensive Multidisciplinary Sciences (S5)-will strive to address these challenges with a focus on multidisciplinary data in the field of disasters and their impacts on society.

Another pressing challenge facing science is the integration of scientific data from all disciplines-including the social sciences- in order to create an integrated framework for scientists to produce openly accessible scientific knowledge useful to society. This vision guides the transition from isolated data centres and services to a common globally interoperable distributed data system, incorporating emerging technologies and new scientific data activities. The Application of information technologies to Data Systems (S6) session will provide an opportunity to highlight scientific and technological advances that could facilitate the achievement of the World Data System.

This conference will inaugurate a series of biennial WDS Conferences which will evolve to provide WDS Members with a forum for discussions and a unique platform to participate in the development of the System.

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